• Tripartite Consultation (International Labour Standards), 1976 (No. 144) OBJECTIVE 1: PROMOTING AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT AND EFFECTIVE REGULATORY FRAMEWORK FOR BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS AND OTHER ENTITIES This objective focuses on the legal and administrative measures that are in place to facilitate economic activities, advocacy and service delivery, for example incorporation laws, laws and regulations governing different types of organizations, permits and licenses, registering property, protecting investors, enforcement of contracts, closing businesses. 4.2 Business Environment 4.2.1 Business Registration The Registrar-General’s Department (RGD) continued the implementation of the GeReg Registration Reform Programme which is aimed at improving and reducing the delays and costs of doing business. The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) and the Registrar General’s Department (RGD) have been electronically networked under the Ghana eproject to undertake online business registration, filing of tax returns and payment of taxes. The project, by integrating with other e-government application, is improving interaction and information sharing with relevant government agencies thereby reducing turnaround time to complete registration and updates at the RGD. The World Bank “Doing Business” in Ghana indicates that the country has improved in most of the core indicators (Table 4.1). Sixth Annual APRM Progress Report: January – December 2011 65